More than 100,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses in 2023
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An estimated 107,543 people died of drug overdoses in the US in 2023, a shocking figure that obscures a glimmer of hope…
Junior doctors and government agree to talks
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Junior doctors in England have agreed to meet the government for talks with independent mediation in a pay dispute which has run…
Violent husband who killed wife with skateboard jailed for life
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A jealous husband who beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard in a “brutal and deliberate” attack at their Suffolk…
Man who vanished aged 17 is discovered ALIVE in a hole after being held captive by his neighbour for 27 YEARS: Footage shows moment Algerian is found cowering under hay bales - his family feared he died in country's civil war
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A man who vanished almost 30 years ago at the age of 17 following an alleged kidnapping has been found alive in…
Two men 'caused £622,191 in damage to Sycamore Gap tree' as case transferred to crown court
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Daniel Graham, 38, of Milbeck Stables, Carlisle, and Adam Carruthers, 31, of Church Street, Wigton, Cumbria, are accused of causing over half…
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico 'not in life-threatening situation' after being shot several times
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico is “not in a life-threatening situation” after he was shot multiple times and gravely wounded on…
'It's the worst illness I've ever had': Hundreds are struck down with parasite as bosses warn customers not to drink, cook or clean teeth with unboiled tap water - after firm first insisted water was safe
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Victims of a microscopic parasite plaguing water supplies in south-west England say they are suffering the ‘worst illness’ they have ever had. …
Eight signs you have ‘eldest daughter syndrome’ and what to do about it
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Parents’ evenings were the highlight of my year growing up. My mother and father would nod proudly, smiling as teachers relayed situations…
World's largest slum packed with 2.4m people where locals are forced to build own sewers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Orangi Town in Karachi, Pakistan, has earned the unwelcome reputation of being the world’s largest slum. The cluster of settlements on the…
Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country’s Sumatra Island…